[Salary data]
AI-Native Engineering Salaries
What employers state on live listings for roles where AI tools are part of the job. Real ranges from real postings, with the sample size shown on every line.
All roles on the board
$202Kmedian a year
The middle half of listings pays $165K to $248K. Based on 904 USD listings with a stated range, as of October 7, 2026.
By seniority
Median a yearMiddle halfListings
Entry$120K$101K – $152K30
Mid$175K$145K – $220K156
Senior$200K$170K – $248K460
Lead$228K$186K – $254K258
By work arrangement
Median a yearMiddle halfListings
Remote$185K$155K – $213K236
Not remote (onsite or hybrid)$212K$170K – $250K668
By role
Each role is the same set of listings as its job page, so the numbers here match what you see there. Looking for an AI engineer salary? That row covers AI engineer roles where AI tools are part of the job.
Median a yearMiddle halfListings
Other currencies
Shown in the currency the employer used. Currencies are never converted or mixed with the USD figures above.
Median a yearMiddle halfListings
CADCAD 162KCAD 132K – CAD 178K81
EUREUR 90KEUR 69K – EUR 115K43
GBPGBP 133KGBP 102K – GBP 166K28
How this is calculated
- 1119 board listings state a salary (roles where AI is only mentioned in vague terms are left out, like everywhere else on the board by default). 904 are USD ranges used for the USD figures above; 197 are in other currencies; 18 USD listings are left out (see below).
- Yearly and monthly pay are used, with monthly pay multiplied by 12. Hourly, weekly, daily and one-time pay is left out, because turning it into a salary would be a guess. On each listing, pay is always shown exactly as the employer wrote it.
- A listing needs both a low and a high end. "From $150K" or "up to $200K" alone would pull the numbers one way, so those are left out, as are obvious typos like a yearly salary of $1,000.
- Each listing counts as the middle of its range. We show the median and the middle half (25th to 75th percentile), which a few very wide ranges can't distort, and we only show a figure when at least 20 listings back it.
- These are salaries employers chose to publish. Not every listing states one, and the board covers AI-native roles only, so this is not a view of the whole market.